News in the Pews

WEEK COMMENCING 14th FEBRUARY 2010

1 BEFORE LENT 14th FEBRUARY

8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
Celebrant The Vicar

10.30 a.m. Holy Communion (CW) at Great Glen
Celebrant The Vicar
Preacher Angela Allen

6.30 p.m. MP Choral Evensong at St Peter’s, Oadby
Leader Revd Michael Rusk, Rural Dean


ASH WEDNESDAY 17th FEBRUARY

7.30 p.m. Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes at Great Glen
Celebrant The Vicar
Preacher Roger Flowers

SERVICES NEXT SUNDAY 21st FEBRUARY LENT 1

8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
Celebrant The Vicar

10.30 a.m. All-Age Service at Great Glen
Leader The Vicar

6.30 p.m. Evensong at Burton Overy
Leader The Vicar


At Communion Services
If you are a communicant member of a Christian Church, you are welcome to come up to receive the bread and wine. Otherwise you are welcome to either remain in your seat or come up to receive a blessing. Keeping your hands down by your side will signify to the Vicar that you wish to receive a blessing. If you have difficulty coming up to the Communion Rail and would like the Vicar to come to you, then please inform a sidesman.

DIARY
Monday, 15th February
9.30 p.m. No Sparklers (half-term)

Tuesday, 16th February
7 p.m. Carlton DCC AGM at Carlton Hall
7.45 p.m. Bible Study at 54 Coverside Road

Wednesday, 17th February
9 p.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage
10 a.m. Essence Course (2) at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage

Thursday, 18th February
10.30 a.m. Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church
7.30 p.m. Benefice meeting at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage
7.45 p.m. House Group at 1 Packe Terrace

Friday, 19th February
7.15 p.m. Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s

Monday 22nd February
9.30 am. Sparklers at the Methodist Church

Future Events:
Wednesday, 17th March at 7 p.m. – Stoneygate School Choir Concert at St Cuthbert’s Church

NOTICES
Lent Course this year runs each Thursday from 25th February to 25th March from 7.30 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Methodist Church.

25th Feb. – Lent 1 ‘I’m not supposed to feel like this’ – Coping with depression (Revd Paul Richards)

4th Mar. – Lent 2 Grand designs for everything – what do we make of ‘Reality Television’ (Revd Mary Ireland)

11th Mar – Lent 3 Characters around the Cross – A reflection on individual responses (Revd Paul Richards)

18th Mar – Lent 4 Christianity in Action – transformation and support in rural Zimbabwe (James Briggs)

25th March – Lent 5 The Holy Land through the Vicar’s eyes! (Revd Mary Ireland)

Urgent assistance needed to help with the crèche at the Essence Course (Wednesdays from 10 a.m. until 11.45 a.m.) on 17th February, 3rd, 17th and 24th March and 14th April. Please contact Roger Hutchings on 259 2007 if you can help with any (or all) of these dates.

Kibworth Band Concert at St Cuthbert’s on Saturday, 6th February, was very successful and raised just under £600. shared equally between St Cuthbert’s Church and the band. Thanks are due to the band and all who helped with the event.
On Tues 23rd Feb at 12.15pm, at St. Cuthbert’s School 2 band members are giving a demonstration to encourage children to consider learning to play a brass instrument with the band at Kibworth. Instruments will be loaned free of charge. Parents and grandparents are invited to come to this demonstration along with their children.

Burton Overy Christmas Tree Festival update – Thirty people attended a public meeting in Burton Overy Village Hall on Thursday, 4th February, to discuss the future of the Christmas Tree Festival. The meeting demonstrated unanimous support for the Festival and a determination to keep it going, albeit in a somewhat scaled-down form. The present committee was disbanded and all the members thanked for their contributions to past Festivals. All expressed their willingness to give future support to Lizzie King who has volunteered to take on the role of Co-ordinator. In due course, she will select a small steering committee for the 2010 Festival. Lizzie’s offer was warmly appreciated and endorsed and she was assured of the support of everyone present

The Marriage Course is an enrichment course for couples who have been married a few years or for a long time - Mary knows couples who have done this course and found it constructive and highly enjoyable. It is being run at Boboli Restaurant, Kibworth Harcourt, for 7 Monday evenings starting 1st March (excluding Easter Monday). Each evening starts at 7.30 p.m. and commences with a main course followed later with dessert and coffee. The total cost of the course (including meals) is £70. per couple (concessions available). For more information, please contact David or Susan Radford on 0116 259 6947 or 07710 143344.

Philippa Hanna’s UK tour will be coming to Thurnby Village Hall on Saturday, 27th February at 7.30 p.m. Philippa’s style appeals across the ages and with a new album “Taste” recently released, it will be a great evening of music, testimony and news of Compassion in Haiti (www.philippahanna.co.uk for more information ). Tickets are £5. for adults and £2.50 for children and students. Tickets can be booked in
advance on 07826 217552 or by email to events@thurnbychurch.com. Mary understands she’s very popular with young people but that the parent generation enjoy her singing because they can hear the words she’s singing! Why not go and enjoy what will undoubtedly be a wonderful evening.

Musical Evening with the Knighton Chamber Orchestra takes place on Saturday, 27th February at Thrussington Church. Enjoy a musical evening with the Orchestra playing the Overture from Mozart’s Magic Flute and Hayden’s Trumpet Concerto. Tickets to include a finger buffet and a glass of wine are £10. each. Tel 01664 424540. All proceeds will go towards the upkeep of this small rural traditional country church.

Christian Muslim Dialogue Group meets on Monday, 22nd February at St Philip’s Church, Evington Road, Leicester from 7.30 p.m. until 9 p.m. – ‘Forgiveness and Mercy in the Bible and Qur’an’. Christian and Muslim speakers followed by discussion.

Lifts to Services – If you need a lift to any of our services, please contact Howard Bartlett (259 3747) at Glen or Richard Bloor (259 2440) at Burton Overy and they will arrange one for you.

Laughter is a great gift – “I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish he didn’t trust me so much.” Mother Teresa

Proverb of the Week: Fire goes out for lack of fuel, and quarrels disappear when gossip stops. (Proverbs 26 v20)